Font is defined as a complete set of characters including letters, numbers and all special symbols in a particular type and style. The type or "typeface" is named according to the design such as Arial, or Times New Roman or Courier. The style can either be plain, italic or bold.
Some Definitions of Font?
- A set of characters in a specific typeface, at a specific point size and in a specific style.
- A logical set of related patterns representing text characters or point symbols. Courier, Helvetica and Times are three types of font.
- A description of how to display a set of characters. The description includes the shape of the characters, spacing between characters, effects (for example, bold, italics, and underline) and the size of the characters.
- In Windows, a complete set of characters for one style of a specific typeface, including all the letters, numbers, and punctuation marks. For example, Courier New is a font.
- A set of graphic characters that have a characteristic design, or a font designer's concept of how the graphic characters should appear. The characteristic design specifies the characteristics of its graphic characters. Examples of characteristics are shape, graphic pattern, style, size, weight, and increment.